Remember the old joke about the fact that skateboarding invented surfers, who at the time calm was bored? It is unlikely that it was true, but the exact date of the appearance of the board on wheels "on planet Earth, scientists have not yet been established. Perhaps we threw a couple of copies of any alien race, but it is likely that the first skateboards came up with the usual teenage beginning of XX century - at least, so believes the majority. However, the popularity of skates scored only 70 and it was then built the first professional skate park. In the early 80's the world first heard about the future of the living legend - Tony Hawk. He not only won with ease in all possible events, but also successfully devised their own stunts, many of which still no one managed to repeat. Even then, there is no doubt that the young star will ever be a hero video games.
Over the past few years playing with Tony Hawk's time to settle on all possible platforms, including Nintendo DS, PSP and mobile phones. This stems from not only big name in the title game: The first part appeared late last century, but her likeness can still be counted on the fingers of one hand. And the quality of these products is better prudently silent. So, no matter how we were indignant about the small number of innovations of each new game, currently Tony Hawk's - the only one worthy of a show that makes feel like a real skateboarder.
 | |  | From falls no one is safe ... I do not want to break his hands in real life - break them in virtuality! (Xbox360) | | As before, the most points receives the one who made lots and lots of tricks in a row. Combo! (PS3) |
A new look at old sport To explore the basics of management can easily go a whole hour, but to learn to ride "just like Tony, to master every trick, will have to spend a couple of days. Help beginners in the difficult development of boards and wheels himself volunteered Hawk - on several levels, he will teach you tryukachestvu. Of course, you can skip exercise, immediately broke into the major mode, but it is better to spend a couple of hours, carefully listening to the master, and only then begin the career mode.
Unlike Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Project 8 in you will not find a spacious city - the developers backed off imitations of Grand Theft Auto and returned to the good old division into levels. But lying in wait at every corner of the "civilians" - remained. Will not carry out their orders - you may not be big-time sports star. However, the original request are not distinguished: 90% reduced to the banal demands of the spirit: "And thou shalt make me a trick during X Y».
And it take a career mode is not easy - the cause is and boring levels, and high complexity jobs, it seems that the main mode of doing "for show" (for the most persistent). But over the classic mode (Classic Mode) rasstaralis developers: the task to be extremely interesting, and levels are thought to detail - all in the old days.
 | |  | PS2 version graphically is no different from the version for the PSP. Joy for the owners of the second, and disappointing for owners first. | | In the version for Xbox 360 multiplayer mode has gone better. Xbox Live still incredibly pleasant thing. |
Overcome them play at 100% in both modes, as in the case from previous series, you can put a monument in his lifetime. Those who still made such a feat, a straight road in the multiplayer mode. And there waiting for a pleasant surprise - even multiplayer fun! There is even some interest like Capture the Flag.
But to make a revolution in the graphic designers clearly wanted: a picture is not much different from Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. And that means that with the advantages of the new game moved and disadvantages: for example, much of the texture near turns into a uniform mush. But this illness struck, thank God, not all platforms - less than the other affected versions of the Xbox 360 and PS3. But the acts are from time to time disappear everywhere: every now and then skateboarder mysteriously loses legs in contact with any pool - and in fact in this case we clearly give consideration to the bottom!
Back to basics Despite numerous shortcomings, Tony Hawk's Project 8, of course, has become a pleasant gift for fans. Rejecting the simulation of the whole city, the developers in a sense, back to basics series. But nothing truly new here is not to find: all of this we have seen - surprise Project 8 was only able to very impressionable. And everyone is becoming clear - no matter how wonderful or was playing with Tony Hawk series in dire need of a major shake-up. And if the new game (read about it in a future issue) in the footsteps of its predecessor, the evaluation will be much lower - one only a magnificent soundtrack, so the new level can not go on forever.
 | Sounds of the past, present and future |
Excellent musical accompaniment - fans of the show is not news. But if the first games of the series soundtrack consisted of 10-20 songs already in Tony Hawk's Underground developers jumped above the head, including a general list of some 80 recordings (and that's a record!). However, subsequent Underground 2 Wasteland and contained an average of 50 songs. Project 8 has left close to: the amount it has 56 tracks. There is a little old, like The Cure and Sonic Youth, Wolfmother and trendy, and Kasabian. There was a place even the real king industrial-scene - Nine Inch Nails and Ministry (incidentally, "vopilki" Al Jurgenson we've heard in Underground 2). It was not without surprises: for example, in the general list are Gnarls Berkley and Plus 44.First became one of the loudest opening last year, while the latter is half broken Blink 182 and currently bombing singles chart with freshly baked album.
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